MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH LITE 2.X ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE - Error Constructor; Message (Error.message Property)

Error 359
Error constructor
public Error([message:String])
Creates a new Error object. If message is specified, its value is assigned to the objects
Error.message property.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Parameters
message:String [optional] - A string associated with the Error object.
Example
In the following example, a function throws an error (with a specified message) if the two
strings that are passed to it are not identical:
function compareStrings(str1_str:String, str2_str:String):Void {
if (str1_str != str2_str) {
throw new Error("Strings do not match.");
}
}
try {
compareStrings("Dog", "dog");
// output: Strings do not match.
} catch (e_err:Error) {
trace(e_err.toString());
}
See also
throw statement, try..catch..finally statement
message (Error.message property)
public message : String
Contains the message associated with the Error object. By default, the value of this property is
"
Error". You can specify a message property when you create an Error object by passing the
error string to the
Error constructor function.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0